Pro-Poor Electricity Provision

The UN Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change has called for a goal of universal energy access by 2030. Approximately 1.4 billion people still lack access to electricity, most of them living in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

This programme will develop and promote evidence-based policy and programme guidance on low carbon energy investments to benefit poor people, especially women and girls. The programme will begin by systematically mapping evidence on the developmental impacts of expanding access to modern forms of energy. On the basis of this review, IDS will then identify which policy approaches work best and work with energy access programmes to evaluate and promote specific interventions.